Day: January 20, 2020

The city police is searching for a four-member gang who attacked and robbed a man of his mobile phone at T P Chathiram here Sunday.

Music director GV Prakash and filmmaker Adhik Ravichandran released the first look of English film The Mayan. Directed and produced by J Rajesh Kanna, Vinod Mohan plays the lead.

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami today urged his party cadres to enlighten the public about the various government schemes.

There are reports that after completing Thupparivaalan 2, actor Prasanna has been approached to play a meaty role in Ajith’s Valimai. The movie is directed by filmmaker H Vinoth. The film went on floors last month in Hyderabad and is currently progressing in Chennai.

A man, upset over his son’s death, committed suicide at his residence in the city.

The city police arrested a man who had escaped to Andhra Pradesh after murdering his wife at Guindy here.

At a time when children of politicians are vying for top posts as if they are heirs of a royal clan, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have signed up to a formal exit deal from the royal family, which will see them forsake their His and Her Royal Highness (HRH) titles and will no longer receive UK taxpayers funding for their duties.

A day after members of Periyar Dravida Kazhagam announced that they would lay siege to Rajinikanth’s house at Poes Garden on 23 January demanding an apology for his remarks on Periyar’s protest against Hindu beliefs, fans of the actor have dared them to hold the agitation.

A mysterious SARS-like virus has spread around China — including to Beijing — authorities said, fuelling fears of a major outbreak as millions begin travelling for the Lunar New Year in humanity’s biggest migration. The new coronavirus strain, first discovered in the central city of Wuhan, has caused alarm because of its connection to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003. Wuhan has 11 million inhabitants and serves as a major transport hub, including during the annual Lunar New Year holiday which begins later this week and sees hundreds of millions of Chinese people travel across the country to visit family.